New Take Off for Flying Robots

Flying Robots SA debuted the FR SWAN (Soft Wing Aerial Navigator) X1 at the RPAS 2012 Conference currently being held in Paris. Since 2004, Flying Robots has developed a unique know-how on soft wing para-motors and UAS. The last development is the SWAN X1, which integrates several aerial surveillance and satellite communication systems.

FLYING ROBOTS SA and NEFTEGAZAEROKOSMOS signed during UVS-TECH 2012 Exhibition in Moscow a Partnership Agreement.

During UVS-TECH 2012 Exhibition in Moscow, Swiss Company FLYING ROBOTS SA and Russian Company NEFTEGAZAEROKOSMOS signed a Partnership Agreement in order to adapt the newly launched Soft Wing Aerial Navigator (FR SWAN X1) to the requirements of the Russian Oil and Gas industry.

This Agreement defines the use of the SWAN X1 for the aerial monitoring of infrastructures and pipelines. It will also define the technical data necessary to be in accordance with the end user requirements, as Gazprom and its subsidiaries.

Philippe Banse, CEO of the Swiss Company said that “this Partnership Agreement paves the way to deep industrial cooperation with Russian industry as the final product is supposed to integrate many Russian components”.

NEFTEGAZAEROKOSMOS was created in 1995, as the main enterprise in charge of elaboration, development and implementation of innovation technology for Aviation operations supporting Gazprom enterprises.

FLYING ROBOTS SA is the worldwide leader in elaboration and production of Soft Wing Aerial systems. The SWAN X1 platform is able to load up to 450 kg of general cargo, sensors or equipment for monitoring and data acquisition of industrial object. This system is the unique one in the world offering 40 hours endurance with completely automated take-off and landing procedure.

The International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) is the largest defence and security event in the Middle East and North African region. In 2013, the 13th edition of IDEX will take place from Sunday 17th - Thursday 21st February, at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Flying Robots SA participates, thanks to Pôle Pegase, in an European project designated “H4 Rescue”, defining requirements for Large VTOL (FTH Eurocopter), or Very Short TOL Transport RPAS (Flying Robots S.A.), or a Large Airship (Euro Airship), used for transporting loads to crisis sites (last mile). In particular, it examines their deployment in civil emergency scenarios, like fires, floods, earthquakes, and environmental disasters.

Within the framework of this project, thirty experts and end-users come together every two months over a one year period. Recently, one of these meetings took place in Aix en Provence at ENOSP (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Officiers de Sapeurs Pompiers). At this meeting, the functional specifications requested by end-users, based on real cases like earthquake in Pakistan, Haiti, Italy or tsunami in Japan, fire in Portugal, were developed.

These requirements change thanks to new offers, like the Transport RPAS of 400 kg, which permits missions in conflict areas, particularly in nuclear disaster areas, as well as for night interventions, or in heavy fog. The capability to fly 40 hours, with a drop capacity of 350 kg, or having the capacity to serve safely and at a very low flight hour cost, as a good communication system for all the operators on the ground, gives new perspectives to the operators.

Flying Robots S.A. has also joined the Aerial Fire Fighting Forum that was also held at ENOSP in Aix en Provence; this event brought together 270 aerial fire fighting operators from 26 countries. Operators and manufacturers presented experience, problems, and innovative solutions. The RPAS proposed by Flying Robots S.A. is able to drop equipment to isolated groups during night operations and to be used as communication transmission relay, general surveillance, particularly in contaminated areas.

Even though RPAS are not yet common in civil operations, the potential operators are every day more and more interested by this new technology. Pôle Risques has been particularly active in this organization, but unfortunately, flight demonstrations were not possible for administrative reasons, provoking a sense of frustration with all participants and the organizers.

The 50th Paris Air Show will take place at Le Bourget exhibition centre from 17 to 23 June 2013, and will once again bring together all the industry's players across the globe to showcase the latest technological innovations.

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After a century offixed and rotary wings, it is the time for the century of soft/flexiblewingsthat will bringhumanity to the flexibilitythat is needed in fields of such diversity as protection of the environment, the economy, the transportability andthesensation of liberty...

Aix-en-Provence, France, April 10-11, 2013
Flying Robots SA participates, thanks to Pôle Pegase, in an European project designated “H4 Rescue”, defining requirements for Large VTOL (FTH Eurocopter), or Very Short TOL...

Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - February 17-21, 2013.
The International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) is the largest defence and security event in the Middle...

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